Outsourcing: Law & Business

by Jason D. Krieser, Shawn C. Helms, Heather S. Bethancourt

Overview

Written for both lawyers and business people, Outsourcing: Law and Business is the first complete guide to all aspects of these complex, strategic arrangements. It offers in-depth practical guidance to both legal and business issues — fee structures, service levels and governance models — to help outsourcing customers and service providers structure and implement transactions effectively.

Topics covered include: types of outsourcing transactions; choosing an outsourcing team; choosing an outsourcing provider; defining services provided, responsibilities, and procedures; knowledge sharing and intellectual property rights; service level standards and metrics; fee and pricing models; human resources issues, including U.S. and international law and regulation; business continuity issues; grounds for termination; confidentiality; customers' privacy and data; compliance with state, federal and international security regulations; risk management and liability; documenting and implementing a governance structure; dispute resolution; and new approaches to outsourcing transactions.

For lawyers and business people who want authoritative, forward-looking guidance to outsourcing law and strategy, this new book is the ultimate resource.

Book #00713; looseleaf, one volume, approximately 822 pages; published in 2011, updated as needed, no additional charge for updates during your subscription. Looseleaf print subscribers receive supplements. The online edition is updated automatically. ISBN: 978-1-58852-175-0

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781588523297
Publisher:	Law Journal Press
Publication date:	01/28/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	910
Sales rank:	886,342
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Jason D. Krieser
Jason Krieser is the co-head of the Firm’s Technology & Outsourcing Practice, and the office managing partner for Dallas and Houston at McDermott Will & Emery. He advises clients on all aspects of technology transactions, outsourcing matters, telecommunications and other complex commercial contracts, including artificial intelligence and robotic process automation arrangements. He is an internationally recognized advisor on outsourcing matters, including information technology (IT), business process (finance and accounting, human resources, logistics and facilities management) and offshore issues. He also handles technology development and licensing matters, joint ventures, strategic alliances, manufacturing agreements, key supply and distribution agreements, other complex service agreements, Internet of Things (IoT) and e-commerce matters. He has handled cloud-computing transactions for the past 20 years, including software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) transactions.

Jason is the co-author of a legal treatise on outsourcing law titled Outsourcing: Law and Business published by LJP (the treatise publishing arm of American Lawyer Media). This treatise gives detailed treatment to all material legal and business issues associated with outsourcing transactions. The form of master outsourcing services agreement developed by Jason and his co-author, and featured in the treatise, is publicly available and widely used in the outsourcing industry.

Shawn C. Helms
Shawn C. Helms is co-head of the Firm’s Technology & Commercial Transactions and Outsourcing Groups at McDermott Will & Emery. Shawn has broad experience in the areas of information technology, outsourcing and telecommunications. He focuses his practice on complex transactions involving technology and intellectual property, including blockchain, business process outsourcing (BPO) and information technology outsourcing (ITO), licensing, cloud computing arrangements (infrastructure as a service (IaaS), software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS)), technology maintenance and services, technology development/customization (including iPhone, Android and other mobile device applications and systems), wireless infrastructure, robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence, social media issues, strategic alliances, e-commerce, distribution, internet of things (IoT), confidentiality, strategic sourcing and data security/privacy. He also advises clients on transition services and technology and intellectual property matters relating to the acquisition or divestiture of businesses. Shawn also has significant experience in advising clients through contract lifecycle management processes, software audits and related negotiations and settlements, open source software issues and software escrow matters.

Shawn has written widely on the topics of technology and outsourcing. Shawn is the co-author of a legal treatise on outsourcing law, Outsourcing Law and Business published by LJP (the treatise publishing arm of American Lawyer Media). It is the only comprehensive treatise on outsourcing law. This treatise gives detailed treatment to all material legal and business issues associated with outsourcing transactions. The treatise also covers changes in the outsourcing industry (e.g., RPA, cloud computing and smaller transactions) and suggests new tools and a modern approach for dealing with these changes. Learn more at www.outsourcingtreatise.com.

Previously, Shawn was a partner at an international law firm, in-house counsel at Sprint Nextel Corporation and the director of information technology at Williams & Connolly. Shawn earned bachelor’s degrees in computer systems, business administration and economics.

Shawn worked as part of a team to create free, downloadable form Master Outsourcing Service Agreements (MOSA) for United States and German law. 

Heather S. Bethancourt
Heather S. Bethancourt represents clients in business process and information technology outsourcing transactions at McDermott Will & Emery. She has extensive experience representing healthcare systems, carriers and vendors negotiating revenue cycle management outsourcing agreements and other complex outsourcing and commercial transactions. In addition, she represents clients in strategic supply agreements, manufacturing and distribution agreements, technology licensing, technology maintenance and service agreements, technology development, cloud-computing transactions such as software as a service (SaaS) arrangements and strategic alliances. Heather also advises clients on technology and commercial contract issues that arise under other corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, including transition services agreements. Her experience with other commercial contracts includes a human resources emphasis representing clients in independent contractor, contingent labor and recruiting services agreements and advising clients on rebadging issues in outsourcing transactions.
Jason D. Krieser is a partner at K&L Gates in Dallas, Texas. He is an internationally recognized advisor on business process and information technology outsourcing matters, including offshore outsourcing. Mr. Krieser is cited by the Chambers USA (2004-2011) and Chambers Global (2010-2011) guides as a leader in outsourcing in the United States and by Chambers USA (2004-2011) as a leader in technology and IT outsourcing in Texas. He is also recognized in The Legal 500 (2010-2011) and listed among those named as Texas Super Lawyers (2010-2011). He received a Bachelor of Science degree (summa cum laude) from the University of Nebraska in 1993. He received his J.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1996.
Shawn C. Helms is a partner at K&L Gates in Dallas, Texas. He has broad experience in outsourcing, information technology and telecommunications and has written widely on this subject. Named a " Client Service All-Star" by BTI Consulting Group,Mr. Helms is recognized by Chambers USA as a leader in technology and outsourcing and has been selected as a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star. He previously served as in-house counsel at Sprint Corporation, director of information technology at Williams&Connolly, and adjunct professor at the University of Virginia in the technology department. Mr. Helms received three Bachelor of Science degrees (Computer Information Systems, Economics and Business Administration) from William Jewell College (magna cum laude). He received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2000.